Monday, 10 February 2014 DAY 660 317 MOON 23 WAXING 70%
We are giving our two weeks notice! Viena is whimpering from her owwwies (machucados) that were sustained yesterday. Ezra is trying to re-organize his fort underneath the sink. Ezra woke up and grabbed my arm. I was thinking, “oh no, here we go again!” He said, “Dad, what if we played a game like this?” And he opened his mouth and said a word , but no sound came out and you had to guess the word. Wow! A quiet game in the morning is my type of game and a much better than yesterday’s wake up mantra of “Mom!” Viena and I went on a morning adventure. We tried to go to Centro, but the traffic jam diverted us to UFSC and Trinidade. School must be back in session because more students were walking around. On the way back, we picked up some chocolate chip cookies at the Garden Cookie Center. I then went for a hike/run at high noon. The sun was so hot, around 37C. I did not have an agenda for the hike. First, I went shopping for groceries at Bistek and arranged a delivery. Then I went running on the trail past the horse stables. I thought of trying once again to find the trail that goes to Lagoa I followed a trail into the woods. No. This was just another cow trail that went to a waterhole. Then, I found the cows and one bull without horns. I remember him. And the vultures, butterflies, spiders, big feathered birds and a leaf bug. I had resigned myself to yet another disappointment of not finding the trail to Lagoa, but then I was running along and saw one more splint off to the East, and this was it. But, I was not out of the jungle yet. The other side had its own difficulties in that the trail faded in places and the last thing I wanted to do was to bushwhack through this jungle. I am too old for that. But, I would save bushwhacking for another day, fortunately I was able to locate a strong vein of the trail that led me to the waterfall. I took a quick swim in the watering hole and then continued on 7 mre kilometers to the bus terminal. What an awesome jungle hike. My legs are all sliced up from the overgrown trail. The electricity went off in the entire neighborhood at night so Viena and I put the thermarests on the veranda and looked at the constellations in the unencumbered night sky. We were able to find the Southern Cross. A great way to end a great day.
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